Dr Philip Lynch, Associate professor in politics and Dr Richard Whitaker, Associate Professor in European Politics have assessed how the new government select committees look in terms of their members’ preferences in the EU referendum and how much has this changed since the 2015-17 Parliament. They have also considered the extent and possible effects of select committee composition in terms of the Leave versus Remain division

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